Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cantex Inc., 202 Progress Rd., AUBURNDALE, FLORIDA 33823
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a machinery line to make PVC pipes when a pipe became stuck or misaligned. The employee was attempting to fix the problem when his right middle and ring fingers were smashed between two pipes, amputating the fingers to the first joint.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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